{"id":14116,"date":"2026-05-11T14:17:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/?p=14116"},"modified":"2026-05-11T14:17:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:17:44","slug":"mothers-day-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/mothers-day-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother&#8217;s Day 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have MUCH for which to be grateful at this time every year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The blessing of having my MIL with us and gracing ours and our children&#8217;s lives with her wisdom, humor, and above all, her prayers &#8211; is incalculable! <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/051026_EDIT0007-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14119\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7500127936134282;width:454px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/051026_EDIT0007-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/051026_EDIT0007-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/051026_EDIT0007-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/051026_EDIT0007-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/051026_EDIT0007-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/051026_EDIT0007-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The blessing of children who tell me in so many words, in so many gifts of drawings, and yesterday, a stunning bouquet of flowers&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/051026_EDIT0001-640x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14120\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6250078925767685;width:456px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/051026_EDIT0001-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/051026_EDIT0001-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/051026_EDIT0001-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/051026_EDIT0001-960x1536.jpg 960w, https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/051026_EDIT0001-1280x2048.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/051026_EDIT0001-scaled.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260511_2056505502-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14121\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7529411764705882;width:457px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260511_2056505502-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260511_2056505502-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260511_2056505502-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260511_2056505502-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260511_2056505502-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260511_2056505502-640x850.jpg 640w, https:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260511_2056505502-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>And of course, my &#8220;mother&#8217;s day babies&#8221; &#8211; Efrain and Geneva, celebrating birthdays this week. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All of this we celebrated with Grandma yesterday, enjoying each other, and a wonderful Prime Rib meal, gifted by Paul&#8217;s cousin Lynell. Paul did a great job cooking the meat (first time preparing prime rib &#8211; it was excellent!); I brought a salad, Paul added the wrong color olives to it; Natalie fixed the mashed potatoes to perfection; and Grandma&#8217;s cheesy corn rounded out the feast, followed  by fudge-dipped strawberries and birthday cake. 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